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Bar Standoff Ends Peacefully

Bar Standoff Ends Peacefully - Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 6:05PM EST

Reported by: Mark Hiller
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009 @ 06:05pm EST
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY - A man surrendered to Wilkes-Barre police Tuesday morning and ended a 2-and-a-half hour standoff.

It all started around 7 a. m. at Teberio's Pizza And Pub at East Thomas and St. Clair Streets in the city's Miners Mills section.

A man with a handgun barricaded himself in the building.

Police were called and surrounded the business, shut down surrounding streets and told neighbors to stay in their homes.

An FBI negotiator talked the unidentified man into putting down his gun and surrendering without incident.

The man was taken away for mental health evaluation.

Police are deciding if they will file any charges.